FOH'ers Daily Smoke

[MigsG]

PUR ABR '17 thanks to @HopeUgood

Phenomenal. I love Montecristo in the sun, and today's was a real pleasure.

'16 SP Non Plus tonight. First time.  Salty cream, hint of cocoa, great profile.

[bigbwalls]

 

Diplo No. 2 - August 2018

[saintsmokealot]

CoRo

 

 

[canadianbeaver]

Well Mr Beaver out of town till tomorrow morning so what the heck. While he’s away, smoking Is a collector’s play, thing?

Even though it is, you know, NC, it is still wow. The fourth picture is just reference.  The other two is the humidor it came out of, a guy’s collection got hold of last year.

Fascinating how much bandage on an NC compared to a cc don’t you agree?

CB

10/10 love it!!!!

[Chucko8]

13 hours ago, VKUTT said:

How long would you say the Principe needs to sleep before you get the fabled "pancakes" flavor?

Sorry but I can’t give you the best answer in this one. The only examples of these that I have smoked have been from this box which is December 2017. Can definitively inform that at this age there is pancake. Perhaps another member whom has tried a younger stick can offer more on this.

[Subcomandante]

14 hours ago, VKUTT said:

How long would you say the Principe needs to sleep before you get the fabled "pancakes" flavor?

I had one that was a year and a half and couldn’t get any of the pancake flavor. But I had it ROTT. So I’ll probably give them a few months before I try again. 

[Rhinoww]

14 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

Siglo VI with my morning coffee in the lobby of the Parque Central Hotel in Havana.

That sir is living a bit of the dream. 

[Chucko8]

C&C time. PLMC from FOH auctions.

Gran Corona from 1995 for a lunchtime treat 

[SigmundChurchill]

Siglo VI with my morning coffee in the lobby of the Parque Central Hotel in Havana.

Novedosos at the El Laguito factory 

[Subcomandante]

Principe

[SigmundChurchill]

23 hours ago, Ry27 said:

post of bunch of pics, Sig

I just posted a bunch of pictures from the El Laguito factory, which is in it’s own thread.

[Trimming]

[JayHabanos]

 

[Hollywood Ninja]

I had a 30 minute break tonight between teaching drum lessons and a pre-production session for an artist I’m working with. The decision was either eat dinner or smoke cigar. 

 

[potvin]

[Chucko8]

6 hours ago, SigmundChurchill said:

Siglo VI with my morning coffee in the lobby of the Parque Central Hotel in Havana.

Novedosos at the El Laguito factory 

Was @ElJavi76 taking these down with you. Looks like an amazing time

[SigmundChurchill]

1 hour ago, Chucko8 said:

Was @ElJavi76 taking these down with you. Looks like an amazing time

Unfortunately, no.  The invitation was only for me.  

But while our driver was waiting for me outside, he was working diligently to get Javi in, and he managed to get him in for a tour this morning.  Our driver is truly the best!  You could tell, he was as upset as I was about Javi not being able to come.

[KnightsAnole]

14 BBF 

[Meklown]

[bbguardsp]

Chillin on the zero-turn in a space heated shed.

[cfc1016]

On 11/21/2019 at 5:16 AM, VKUTT said:

How long would you say the Principe needs to sleep before you get the fabled "pancakes" flavor?

 

17 hours ago, Chucko8 said:

Sorry but I can’t give you the best answer in this one. The only examples of these that I have smoked have been from this box which is December 2017. Can definitively inform that at this age there is pancake. Perhaps another member whom has tried a younger stick can offer more on this.

Chuck - are they LGR XXX 17? If so, they are from the same vein as the TOS XXX 16 coded boxes. I've burned a lot of TOS XXX 16 principes. It's my staple cigar. Though I find them pretty much all pleasant and enjoyable from ~6-12 months on, i think the sweetness tends to be more prominent after the 2 year mark. Though I haven't smoked a ton of cigars this year (i used to smoke 3-5/day), i did have a TOS MAR 16 principe recently an example from an especially dark-wrapper-shade box. First in a while. At ~3.5 years, I got a lot of savory ahead of the sweetness. Sweetness is still there, but there was a meaty profile (which i ADORE) taking more of the limelight. I'm not sure that that will be the trend with the other examples from that stage of aging, but it's delightful. I'm excited to see what 4, 5, 10+ years will do to these things. They  certainly seem to have legs.

TLDR: My experience would suggest that, for the current best-performing vein of principes (TOS 16/LGR 17), the sweet spot seems to be in the 2-3 year range. Perhaps more to come at later ages,but the oldest examples are still not yet 4 years down. Time will tell.

 

[BoliDan]

Nice warm Colorado day for a walk and a hermoso #4. 

[JohnS]

Montecristo Especiales No.2 REG Nov 2018

When it comes to Montecristo, you either love the marca, hate the marca, put up with the marca, or possibly a combination of all three, at various times. You see, a Montecristo cigar can represent the very best of what charms us about Habanos cigars, yet it can also represent that which is the very worst of what makes us grumble about Habanos cigars. I find this is true when it comes to the Montecristo No.4, but when it comes to the Montecristo Especiales No.2; well, that's a different story.

The Montecristo Especiales No.2 is a special Montecristo cigar because it's thin (38 ring gauge), has a pig-tail (like other higher-quality premium Habanos cigars) and (at least for me) it constantly delivers. This had the typical Montecristo cocoa, coffee and nut perfectly balanced with a cedar and vanilla finish. There was a gorgeous 'citrus twang' note throughout the cigar which made it easy to smoke and nub down to my fingers.

The Montecristo Especial is the same ring gauge, only 40 millimetres or 1½ inches longer, and it shares the same long-term aging quality that the Especiales No.2 has. For my personal tastes, the cocoa and milk coffee core that is evident in Montecristo doesn't generally lend itself to long-term aging, but I will gladly make exceptions for the two aforementioned Laguito-sized cigars. How awesome is it to smoke an Especiales No.2 at around 12 months of age and find it as spectacular as what an aged-offering of this cigar can be? Yes, in my view, the Montecristo Especiales No.2 deserves to be in a class of its own within the Montecristo marca.

[Burningman]

11 hours ago, Hollywood Ninja said:

I had a 30 minute break tonight between teaching drum lessons and a pre-production session for an artist I’m working with. The decision was either eat dinner or smoke cigar. 

 

Man does not live on bread alone!

[Rhinoww]

Friday afternoon of quiet before the travel storm. 
 

opted to try one of the PSP BBF MSU 19. My first of a box I split w a buddy

at first I tried a V cut. Too much work. Took another 1/4 inch off w a straight cut and very easy draw. 
 

im about halfway done. Smooth start. Lots of interesting flavors. Will get another box but with a very small touch of mongrel For a few puffs will let the rest sleep until at least spring. 
 

I believe this cigar was also in the Christmas sampler. Curious what others think. I’m a fan